. >> all right. did that work? >> yeah. >> reporter: reporting from san carlos, patrick sedillo -- >> and she pulls away. >> reporter: -- cbs 5. >>> coming up in our next half hour, president obama is preparing to tour the damage from sandy. we'll have the latest on the storm that new york's mayor says could be the worst the city has ever experienced. >> for years, they cashed in on unused vacation and sick leave. why workers in one bay area county are now rushing to retire. >> the world is louder than ever. but how is manmade noise impacting nature? after recording sound in a bay area park for 20 years, this scientist's startling discovery coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when i see that our schools are 47th in spending per student, i just can't accept that. our schools shouldn't be 47th in anything. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, proposition 38 bypasses sacramento, and makes education a real priority- with the funding, to our local schools and the accountability from our local schools... that we'll need to improve student learning